Peanut heating and displaying device



May 27 1924.

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,JWM/fm BY www ATTORNEY' Patented May 27, 1924.

SAMUEL S. FISHER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

PEANUT HEATING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE.

Application filed December 18, 1922. Serial No. 607,741.

ToA all whom it may Concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Inxproveuients in Peanut Heating and Displaying Devices. of which the folv lowing is a specification.

My invention is a device particularly designed for the use of storekeepers and for the purpose of storing, displaying and heating of roasted peanuts.

The object is t provide a device for economically heating peanuts in a comparar tively dry and air tight chamber and simultaneously displaying the peanuts and appropriate display signs forming an integral part of the device. both. the heating and sign display being accomplished by thel saine means, namely, electrlc lights. arranged as shown in the accompanying drawings, iu which,-

Fig. 1 is a top view of the preferred toi-1n of my device.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a right hand end elevation of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view as on line` 4 4 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation about as on line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a erspective view of a simplified form of my evice.

Fig. 7 is a detail of a glass panel used in the lower compartment of my device.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view about Aas on line 8 8 in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals. the preferred form of my device is an upright cabinet of rectangular form in horizontal section, the main frame 16 of which is made ot any suitable wood or metal and preferably elevated on legs 9. 1n the preferred form ot cabinet illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, is a lower compart` ment 10 with a solid bottom 11 and a sheet metal top 12 with perforations 13, and an upper space extending troni the 'tloor 12 to the top ot the cabinet, said upper space being divided by two vertical spaced partitions 14--15 into two compartments 1.08L and 10b (see Fig. 4) each ot which has an open top closed by a lid 1T secured Ato the traine by hinges 1T".

ln the front wall of the cabinet and contiguous to the above mentioned partitions 14-15 I provide a U-shaped (in cross section) vertically arranged housing 18 opening forwardly and its open side adapted to receive a strip of glass 19 for a purpose to be described. At either side of said strip the front of the cabinet has a large glazed panel 20 extending down to the floor l2 and in front of the lower space or compartment 10 a single glazed panel 21 extends across the entire frame. Corresponding upper and lower panels .Q2-23, respectively, are provided in the ends of the cabinet and the rear wall 24 thereot may be solid except for a hinged door 24a permitting access to the lower chamber 10.

`0n the bottom 11 o'f the lower chamber 10 l secure a number ot' electric light sockets 25 in which are inserted electric bulbs 2G all operatively connected to an electric circuit (not shown) and controlledV from a switch box 27 in the rear wall seeV Figs. 4 and 8) Yby a switch button 28, current running into said switch box through a cable 29 from any suitable electric source.`

As shown in Figs. 2 and .4. one electric socket4 is placed directly under the housing 18 and a bulb 26a of the elongated type eX- tencls upwardly into said housing for the purpose of illuminating the housing 18 and throwing light out therefrom through the glass 19 which may have any desired letterp-g on it, such as Fresh hot. peanuts (See thgrcbulbs 26 may be arranged linearly below and between the partitions.V the'heat from said bulbs rising between :said partitions and circulating into the upper compartments ot' the cabinet through perforations 30 provided in said partitions (sec Figs. 3 and 4).

ln Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, I havershown two inverted L-shaped pipes 31, one in each-cornpartnient. and having its lower end terminating over and partly covering a bulb 26. its horizontal portion terminating at and registering with an aperture in the adjacent wall 14 or 15. thus conducting heat trom the bulb vertically and horizontally through thc compartment to the space between the walls 14 15 and thence the hot air circulates into thc upper portion ot both con1- partlnents through the perforations 30. The partitions or wall members 14--45 may he suitably secured as at 32 to the rear wall of the cabinet and their lower edges may be dared as 14H-15x (Figs. 2 and 5) in the llln com artment 10 to more readily catchand condilct the heat upwardly from Vthe center bulbs 26. 261 in Fig. 4 designates the location of eXtra bulbs which may be used to create heat under the perforated plate 12 at points remote from the heating means already described.

In the moditication, Figs. 6 and 8, the cabinet has only a single upper compartment in which the two heat conducting pipes 31el are merely elbows, the horizontal ends of which ane connected by a pipe 33 perforated as at 34 to spread the heat conducted from the bulbs 26 into the single large compartment. There may be another heat conv ducting pipe 33* crossing the pipe 33 (see Fig. 8).

Referring particularly to Fi s. 2, 3, 5 and 6 it will be readily seen that t e light from the bulbs isthrown out through the glazed side panels 23 and the front panel 21 inclosing the lower com artment on three sides, whereas the heat rom the bulbs circulates upwardly into the upper com artments in the various directions alrea y described. The glass of said panels 21-23 may be ot any bri ht color (indicated red) except for fields o clear glass forming suitable words, as shown in Fig. 7

In the use of my device, it will first be understood that store-keepers, and vendors of peanuts and the like, usually, et the nuts already roasted and ready to sel Peanuts, however, are more desirable and palatable to the consumer if they can be purchased while hot. `My device is therefore particularly desirable `for a dealer who sells direct to the consumers. A dealer having one of my improved cabinets merely dumps his supply of roasted peanuts into the large upper compartment or compartments, which may alsoY be called magazines, and shuts the lids 17 tight, then closes the circuit at switch 28. The heat from the bulbs then circulates upwardly through the entire mass of peanuts in the various directions already described and the light from the bulbs iln luminates the lettered panels. A thermostatic control (not shown) may be installed to keep the peanuts heated to any predetermined temperature.

What I claim is: i i

1. A device of the class described comprising an upright, con'iparatively air tight cabinet with glazed sides and having a large upper chamber adapted to be used as a magazine Jfor peanuts and the like, and a lower chamber and means therein Jfor simultaneously illuminating the cabinet and providing heat for warming the contents of the magazine and means for distributing the heat in the magazine, said illuminating and heating means comprising a number of electric lights mounted in the lower chamber, a circuit connecting the lights, and means for opening and closing the circuit.

2. The structure specified in claim l, said magazine provided with a perforated bottom having a number of large apertures each. vertically above one of the lights in the lower chamber, a heat conducting pipe mounted in each ot said apertures and cX- tending vertically therefrom into the magazine and thence horizontally through the magazine for the purpose described.

3. The structure specified in claim l, said magazine having a vertical partition comprising two spaced wall members extending from the under side of the cover of the cabinet downwardly into the heating chamber` said walls having apertures in their upper portions. the lower portions of said walls within the heating chamber being spread to catch heat Jfrom the heating means, and the latter comprising a number oi electric lights placed in said chamber.

4. The structure specified in claim 3, said partitions having also a number of large apertures, heat conducting L-shaped tubes having each one end of its horizontal portion registering with one of said large apertures and its vertical portion extended down wardly through the magazine floor into the heating chamber for the purpose described.

5. The structure specied in claim l. and a vertically disposed housing or duct in the front wall ot the cabinet :and having a glazed front panel adapted to be illuminated by one of the electric bulbs mounted iu the lower or heating chamber.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

SAMUEL S. FISHER. 

